https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know.webpOpinionI believe it’s a common human tendency to gaze at those who appear different from us, whether it’s due to beauty, complexion, height, weight, or attire. When we encounter something admirable, we often wish, even momentarily, to possess similar qua...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionCannibalism, the act of consuming one’s own kind, specifically human flesh, also known as anthropophagy, has been a practice reported across diverse regions globally. It manifests in various contexts, such as cultural, religious, medicinal, and, a...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionThe recent case that unfolded in the hallowed halls of the Patna High Court revolves around a forced marriage known locally as “pakadua vivah”, which took place a decade ago. The court’s decision, grounded in the incomplete Hindu ritual of “Saptap...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionStubble burning is not only an issue in Punjab and Haryana; it’s a concern for all farmers harvesting paddy in their fields. Burning remains the cheapest method to clear the paddy field from stubble, necessary to prepare for the next harvest. We a...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionIn June 2023, the Fisheries Department of Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, issued a stern warning against individuals involved in breeding African Catfish—also known as Thai Magur—reiterating the species’ prohibited status in India. This is not the first ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionThe World Health Organisation (WHO) defines mental health as a state of well-being that enables individuals to navigate life’s challenges, utilise their skills, learn, work, and contribute to their community. Ensuring mental well-being is integral...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionWar, a term often synonymous with bloodshed and destruction, has etched its presence in the annals of human history through numerous conflicts. The common perception of war conjures images of battles, loss, and scars that linger long after the las...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionTrafficking, Prostitution, and the Role of Climate Change Trafficking humans for the purpose of flesh trade and prostitution is a deeply ingrained problem, often fueled by poverty. While some women might choose prostitution as a livelihood, others...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionManipur, a northeast state of India, is known for its rich cultural heritage, particularly the traditional dance form called Manipuri dance. It is a classical dance form that has been practised for centuries and is deeply ingrained in the state’s ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionThe Daily Times reported that several cases have emerged where men have allegedly dug up female corpses from graveyards and sexually assaulted them, leading to families installing metal bars and locks on their daughters’ graves to prevent post-mor...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionAs of Saturday, April 29, 2023, the current population of India is 1,418,200,099 according to the latest United Nations data elaborated by Worldometer. However, UN projections based on recent calculations suggest that by the end of this weekend, I...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionToday is an important day for both supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage. A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court, including Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices SK Kaul, Ravindra Bhat, Hima Kohli, and PS Narasim...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionThe menstrual health of women is always a concern for the women’s fraternity at international as well as national levels. Every year on March 8th, we celebrate International Women’s Day, and on May 28th, we celebrate Menstrual Hygiene Day. We are ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionOne of the most common misconceptions among the general public is that when a person is arrested, the police will place handcuffs around his wrist. Arresting a person doesn’t mean that the police have to put them in handcuffs. This is one of the m...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionShravan Kumar’s story from Ramayan is common in every household. This is the example that every parent gives their children at least once in their lives. It is a parent’s wish to have a son like him who can care for his parents well in their final...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionvasansi jirnani yatha vihaya navani grihnati naro ’parani tatha sharirani vihaya jirnanyanyani sanyati navani dehi-Bhagavad Gita, chapter 2:22For many organs, the donation is a legal concept where one can donate their organ to the other. Many time...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionFor many in India, live-inrelationship might be a modern concept or it might be a concept that has been adopted here from a developed country where live-in-relationship is very much common. For many, it’s immoral practice and it’s against our Indi...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionPatturaagyaam Binaa Naaree Uposhya Vratchaarinee. Aayushya Harte Bhartuhsaa Naaree Narakam Vrajet.  The meaning of the above stanza which is taken from Chanakya Niti is “That wife who takes a resolve without seeking her husband’s permission f...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionLast year in 2021 India finally enacted The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021. Surrogacy is a process where a woman gives birth to a child of an intended couple with the help of assisted reproductive technology to relinquish the baby after birth to...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionIn a heart-wrenching incident at Presidency University, Bangalore, a 19-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her relative to whom she denied his love proposal. After stabbing the girl, the boy also committed suicide. From some sources, it has bee...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionIn the Roman era, there was a time when people demanded “an eye for an eye” as justice. But now, we don’t believe in “an eye for an eye,” as it is against human rights as well as society. If something like this happened in society, everyone on the...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionWe are mortal and will have to die one day. Some die naturally and some die unnaturally. As for societal norms, we must have family members and children who can do the last rituals and someone must be there to continue our generation. But there ar...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionIt’s an age-old debate whether an unborn foetus has the right to life when the question comes to the abortion right of women. Recently, the Delhi High Court on 6/12/22 passed a judgment where a pregnant lady was allowed to go for an abortion when ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionIt’s a myth in our society that a man cannot be a victim of cruelty and domestic violence. It’s only women who can become victims of cruelty and domestic violence. In fact, on very few occasions, we will hear or learn about a male victim of cruelt...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/opinion/shining-light-on-albinism-challenges-discrimination-and-the-path-to-awareness-and-support/April 13, 2024, 2:53 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/international-albinism-awareness-day-2022-heres-everything-you-need-to-know-300x169.webpOpinionIn 2014, the Supreme Court of India in National Legal Services Authority vs Union of India, (2014) 5 SCC 438, declared that the hijra community will be considered to be a third gender for the first time after the Bhoorah case. This judgment has gi...